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ReviewTrends in microbiology2017

Molecular Evolution of Human Coronavirus Genomes.

Diego Forni, Rachele Cagliani, Mario Clerici, Manuela Sironi

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Review in Trends in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04420260 (Scheme of Primary Prevention of Infection by COVID-19, in Workers), which is not on this map. Cited by 427 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04420260 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Scheme of Primary Prevention of Infection by COVID-19, in Workers: Phase II Controlled Clinical Trial, to be Carried Out in Medellín-Antioquia

TypeinterventionalSponsorUnidad de Investigación Genética MolecularRan2021 to 2021Enrolled152ConditionsCOVIDArmsGroup A: oropharygeal spray and immunostimulant emulsion, Group D:Placebo oropharyngeal spray + Placebo taken PO
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

427 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Temperature and developmental stage govern intestinal susceptibility to human coronavirus 229E.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  7. Extra gene coding capacity of SARS-CoV-2 provides a virus engineering platform for in vitro and in vivo applications.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  11. Computational design of an ultrapotent deltacoronavirus miniprotein inhibitor.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  15. Host Glycan-Lectin Interplay in SARS-CoV-2 Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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367 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Diego ForniScientific Institute IRCCS E. MEDEA, Bioinformatics, Bosisio Parini, Italy.
Rachele CaglianiScientific Institute IRCCS E. MEDEA, Bioinformatics, Bosisio Parini, Italy.
Mario ClericiDepartment of Physiopathology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Don C. Gnocchi Foundation ONLUS, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Manuela SironiScientific Institute IRCCS E. MEDEA, Bioinformatics, Bosisio Parini, Italy. Electronic address: manuela.sironi@bp.lnf.it.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human coronaviruses (HCoVs), including SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, are zoonotic pathogens that originated in wild animals. HCoVs have large genomes that encode a fixed array of structural and nonstructural components, as well as a variety of accessory proteins that differ in number and sequence even among closely related CoVs. Thus, in addition to recombination and mutation, HCoV genomes evolve through gene gains and losses. In this review we summarize recent findings on the molecular evolution of HCoV genomes, with special attention to recombination and adaptive events that generated new viral species and contributed to host shifts and to HCoV emergence. VIDEO ABSTRACT.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularGenome, ViralHemagglutinins, ViralHost SpecificityHumansMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusViral Fusion ProteinsViral Regulatory and Accessory Proteinshemagglutinin esteraseHemagglutinins, ViralPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesViral Fusion ProteinsViral Regulatory and Accessory Proteinsgene gain/losshost shifthuman coronavirusmolecular evolutionpositive selectionrecombination

Identifiers

PMID27743750
PMCPMC7111218

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